Pew poll — world no longer sees US democracy as a good example

© 2021 Peter Free

 

02 November 2021

 

 

"The king has no underpants, ma!"

 

A Pew Research Center poll of 16 developed nations demonstrates that overwhelming majorities (in each) think that the United States is not a good example of democracy:

 

 

Pew Research Center, Most believe the U.S. is no longer a good model of democracy, pewresearch.org (29 October 2021)

 

 

Huge-huge majorities . . .

 

. . . in each of the surveyed countries think that the US 'democracy' example 'sucks':

 

 

Italy  66

 

Greece  72

 

Taiwan—73

 

Japan  77

 

Spain  77

 

United Kingdom  77

 

Belgium  80

 

France—80

 

Netherlands  80

 

Germany  81

 

Sweden  82

 

Canada  83

 

South Korea  84

 

Singapore  88

 

Australia  88

 

New Zealand 90

 

 

 

Yikes

 

So much for American 'soft power'.

 

We have left no basis in the world for our purportedly good-hearted cajolery to work its former wonders.

 

Almost everyone 'out there' recognizes Adam Henry America for what it has turned itself into.

 

 

The moral? — Americans have forgotten everything . . .

 

. . . that the Founders tried to teach us about how to modestly behave in public.